It's unrealistic to expect that wild salmon habitat in the region can be restored to its historic high quality and quantity, but all of the low hanging fruit has already been picked in the effort ...

The reservoir east of Salem would be drawn down to 1,395 feet above sea level, about 55 feet below its normal low-water ... reopening habitat blocked for decades to endangered salmon and steelhead ...

“There is no way the assets they’ve put on the table, water and habitat combined ... adult Chinook have dropped so low that all commercial and recreational salmon fishing has been banned ...